Help regarding recording gameplay.

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

Hello Gamers!!

 

I want to record my gameplay, I record it at 720, but when I play the recorded file, I notice that there is a significant drop in frame rates.

Why does that happen?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[pwn_intended]

What is your set-up? Are you using shadowplay/fraps or proper capture card?

[Simon771]

Probbably bad GPU?

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

5 minutes ago, pwn_intended said:

What is your set-up? Are you using shadowplay/fraps or proper capture card?

 

4 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Probbably bad GPU?

Its a Laptop. I use XSplit. My CPU and GPU are not very powerful though, @ 1.70GHz and 975MHz respectively 

[pwn_intended]

4 minutes ago, Vishvas Sudarshan said:

 

Its a Laptop. I use XSplit. My CPU and GPU are not very powerful though, @ 1.70GHz and 975MHz respectively 

Well you just answered your own question. The fact that you're even getting playable framerates while recording with software is pretty surprising to me.

[Hackentosher]

You can lower your bit rate, that will help. 

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

1 minute ago, pwn_intended said:

Well you just answered your own question. The fact that you're even getting playable framerates while recording with software is pretty surprising to me.

I play at 30-40FPS

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

5 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

You can lower your bit rate, that will help. 

@pwn_intended

Does that mean I need to lower the resolution?

Can you explain what is the difference between Quality, and resolution?

Also what is Codec?

Thanks!

 

[pwn_intended]

Quality is gonna dictate the bitrate. Basically how much compression is used. Lower quality means more artifacts. Resolution is the size (in pixels) of the video.

 

What are your actual computer specs (what cpu/gpu do you have, not just the clock speeds)

[Hackentosher]

^^^dis

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

1 minute ago, pwn_intended said:

 

What are your actual computer specs (what cpu/gpu do you have, not just the clock speeds)

Intel Core i3 4010U --4GB Memory

AMD HD8670M --2GB Memory

[pwn_intended]

2 minutes ago, Vishvas Sudarshan said:

Intel Core i3 4010U --4GB Memory

AMD HD8670M --2GB Memory

Yea, you're not gonna have a good time recording gameplay with software while using the computer for gaming. As I said earlier, the fact that you are even able to play at a decent framerate while doing that is surprising.

Lowering the resolution and quality may help a little bit, but then it will look like crap and no one is going to want to watch it.

What I would recommend is play around with all the settings and see what looks best for you.

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

 @pwn_intended

Okay, I'll check with different settings!

And what is Codec?

There I have 2 options -

1) Intel QuickSync (Uses iGPU) 

2) x264 (Uses CPU)

[pwn_intended]

3 minutes ago, Vishvas Sudarshan said:

 @pwn_intended

Okay, I'll check with different settings!

And what is Codec?

There I have 2 options -

1) Intel QuickSync (Uses iGPU) 

2) x264 (Uses CPU)

A codec is essentially the "type of compression". That is a really basic explanation, and if you really care to get into it, that is a looong research hole to get into. I would try the quick sync as it will use the iGPU of your cpu which isn't being used at all right now due to the fact that you have discrete gpu. Again though, play around with the settings to see what works best.

[Vishvas Sudarshan]

@pwn_intended

Thanks a lot!

One more Question, Why do I get this warning? Even though I have a Dedicated GPU?